There is a dream called football

"Li Qiao, will we be regarded as crazy by others?"

Dada, who was wearing two down jackets, touched the clothes on his body and felt like an idiot.

"Isn't it Fabio's special training? Why don't you let us go?"

Li Qiao patted his down jacket and said, "I haven't let myself go, are you sure you still want to complain?"

The four "Michelin" tires of Raven, Li Qiao, Fabio and Dada are playing extremely bloated football. The Portuguese passing by will look sideways and after confirming that these four people are "abnormal", they will pull their own

The child left in a hurry.

Fabio held the ball, Li Qiao compressed the defense, and Fabio protected the ball. The latter stretched his legs a few times, but did not touch the ball. He leaned against Fabio, and both of them fell to the ground at the same time.

"Li Qiao, this move is a bit big."

"It's okay. We all wear soft-soled shoes. Even if we move a little bit, we won't get hurt. What are we afraid of?"

"Li Qiao, I've been thinking recently, are these methods you came up with useful? Can they really help me?"

Li Qiao didn't know about this, but he couldn't show his timidity, so he smiled and said: "Don't worry, it will definitely be useful. I learned it from Saki."

Fabio was heartbroken, but since he had made up his mind to change, he had to stick to it, even if this path was wrong.

Training continues.

The ball that Raven passed to Fabio was a little bigger and turned into a knife-edge ball that deceived his teammates. This kind of ball happened to be between the two people.

If you don't grab it, you'll lose the ball.

If you try to grab it, you will get kicked.

In the quarter-finals of the 2002 World Cup between Brazil and England, England conceded the first goal like this.

Facing a fierce tackle from Carlos, Beckham jumped up to avoid the ball. Unexpectedly, this gave the Brazilian team a chance to counterattack, causing the ball to be conceded.

Dada has already made a tackle. If it was Fabio in the past, this kind of ball would definitely have been conceded.

But this time...

Fabio stepped forward and showed off the soles of his shoes, confronting Dada head-on.

Ah sound.

Fabio clutched his ankle and pressed his forehead against the ground, looking very painful.

"Fabio."

Li Qiao came over to check on Fabio.

"How's it going? Don't... stop it."

Dada looked ashamed and hurriedly explained: "I didn't mean it."

Li Qiao patted him and said, "I don't blame you. As a defensive player, you have to step out this time."

At this moment, Fabio sat up and said, "It hurts so much. Fortunately, we are not wearing football shoes, otherwise my leg might be broken."

"Haha, Fabio, what you did just now was so brave."

"Haha, I don't have the courage to stretch out my kick like that. To be honest, in a real game, this kick may hurt me for three months."

Li Qiao smiled and said: "But if you don't give that kick, you will always be able to play in the Portuguese Serie A."

Fabio nodded, "Thank you, Li Qiao, and you, Gustavo."

*****

Raven has been here for three days and Valais just threw him into the team as if he was already a member of the B team.

Everything is tested by actual combat. This is the philosophy of European football.

The assistant coach came over with a tactical book and said, "You have been quite calm these past two weeks."

Because of the national team match day, Porto got two weeks of respite. I thought that after losing, the head coach would train hard, but no, it was just the same training as usual.

"Look at this?"

"What?"

Gomez took a few photos from Valle and laughed, "What are these guys doing? They are wearing down jackets in this weather, and what are they wearing? Bulletproof vests?"

After laughing, Gomez said seriously, "Where did this photo come from?"

"Haha, good old man, I'm the head coach. I can't be like you. Do you think my job every day is just a few hours at the training ground?"

"Is it possible that you still monitor the players' lives?"

"Of course, I also need to know about their spare time life, because it is directly related to the state on the court."

"A player who's always in the nightclub can't play well."

There are too many examples of this, from George Best to Romario, and later Ronaldinho. If they could go to nightclubs less and drink less, their football careers would definitely be more exciting.

"No wonder you are so calm, that's why."

"Yes, the players have made changes. There is no need for me to scold them anymore. They just need to train normally."

Gomez changed the subject and asked, "Do you want the man named Raven to stay?"

Valais paused and said: "He is different from Li Qiao. He lacks confidence and domineering on the court. Maybe it has something to do with the environment in which he grew up."

"But I think he's pretty good."

Valais nodded, "Let him come to my office after training. We need to have a chat."

"good."

*****

Li Qiao and Raven sat across from Valais, with a contract on the table.

Raven said: "Boss, should I ask Uncle Sousa? He is my agent."

Valais smiled slightly and said, "I don't think it's necessary. Do you believe Li Qiao?"

Raven nodded.

"Li Qiao, do you believe me?"

Li Qiao also nodded.

"That's ok, I guarantee there's nothing fishy about this contract."

Valle pushed the contract in front of Raven, "This is a trial contract. I can't give you a full-salary contract yet. I can only offer you a trial contract with a monthly salary of 2,000 euros. The term is before the winter break."

Raven touched the contract in front of him and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'm willing to do it even if you don't pay me, as long as I have a ball to play with."

"That's good."

Valle handed Raven a pen and said, "Sign your name and you will be a member of Porto's B team from now on. Then choose a number."

Raven signed his name, and there were not many numbers left to choose from, so Raven could only choose from the large numbers.

"Number 37."

"ok."

“I’ll give you a piece of advice: learn Portuguese as soon as possible.”

"I will teach him." Li Qiao smiled.

On Friday, as usual, Valle will announce the squad and starting lineup on this day, which is based on the performance of the week's training.

Whoever is in good condition will play.

In terms of the starting lineup, it is the same as the starting lineup that lost the last away game, but there are more changes in the substitute lineup.

Valais took away 5 players who were on the roster in the last game, and one of the new players on the roster is Raven.

"Am I a substitute?"

When Valais read out his name, Raven couldn't help but feel happy. It stands to reason that during normal training, his performance was quite satisfactory, and he didn't stand out in any particular way. He just completed the training requirements.

But what Raven didn't know was that the reason why he was selected was because Valais saw those photos of him and Li Qiao training together.

No matter where you are, attitude determines everything.